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Day: 28th June 2009

Jumbo 820 (13th June)

Author   linxitPosted on 28th June 2009 at 6:10 PM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Solved on the train in about half an hour, which makes it just below average difficulty. As my time is somewhat limited this weekend, I’m reverting to the previous method of just writing about the … Read more “Jumbo 820 (13th June)”

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Mephisto 2547 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 28th June 2009 at 2:38 PM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I thought this was going to be on the easy side for a Mephisto with almost two-thirds of the grid going in before having to open a dictionary. But then came a few really tricky … Read more “Mephisto 2547 – Paul McKenna”

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ST 4334 (Sun 21 Jun) – Hail Mary

Author   talbinhoPosted on 28th June 2009 at 7:20 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I was interrupted when solving this so didn’t record a time but I think it would have been fairly quick as most of the puzzle was on the easy side. This was partly due to … Read more “ST 4334 (Sun 21 Jun) – Hail Mary”

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